Midnight Club: LA offering serious prizes

Rockstar will soon begin a year of Midnight Club: Los Angeles tournaments.

Winners can bag anything from Rockstar Warehouse vouchers to a year of free pizza at Pizza Hut. There's even a Kawasaki Ninja motorbike up for grabs. A ninja motorbike! Amazing!

Sign-ups for the very first tournament end Friday. From there, entrants will go through to four days of time trials (7th-10th February), hoping to qualify for the more serious round of head-to-head finals (12th-16th February).

Only C-Class cars are allowed, and time trials will be held on the Surf and Sand course. Head-to-heads will take place across a spread of stages: Old Route 66, Coldwater Canyon, Hollywood Drifts and Old Hollywood Shortcuts.

Grand prize for the PS3 and Xbox 360 winner will be USD 500 to spend at the Rockstar Warehouse. Second place will be given USD 100, while third and fourth will be gifted USD 50.

Most European and US countries are eligible for entry; a full list of rules can be found on the Rockstar Social Club site.